Julian Benbow

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow

After taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning in his last outing in Chicago, Crochet muzzled the White Sox lineup again Saturday at Fenway Park — only this time his work day was shorter. Crochet gave the Red Sox six scoreless innings, striking out seven while giving up just four hits and two walks. He got a no-decision, but the Red Sox went on to win, 4-3, in 10 innings when Triston Casas delivered a walkoff single off the Green Monster with one out and the bases loaded.

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow

For the past two years, whenever the bullpen phone rang, Liam Hendriks didn’t have to worry about whether the call was for him. Exactly 680 days passed from the time Hendricks made his final appearance with the White Sox in June 2023 — leaving after experiencing elbow pain — to the time the Red Sox activated him from the injured list Saturday ahead of their game against his former team from Chicago. Hendriks knew because he Googled it.

5 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow

The Chargers didn’t have Philip Rivers in mind when they were picking first in 2004. They had their eyes on Eli Manning. When Manning said he wasn’t going to go to San Diego, the Chargers had no choice but to select Manning, then trade him to the Giants for their No. 4 pick, Rivers. Bengals coach Marty Schottenheimer was honest. “I don’t know if he would have been our No. 1 choice,” he told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

5 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow

At 34 years old, Martin Perez isn’t the same pitcher he was in 2020-21 for the Red Sox, let alone three years ago when he made the American League All-Star team in his first season with the Rangers. At his best, Perez had a four-seam fastball that reached 94 miles per hour, fast enough to overwhelm hitters. When he took the mound Friday night at Fenway Park for the White Sox, Perez’s fastball was barely hitting 88 m.p.h. He was the kind of pitcher the Red Sox could pounce all over.

5 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow

Between Sean Newcomb, Richard Fitts, and Hunter Dobbins, the Red Sox have had enough arms at the ready to hold down the fort with key pieces of their pitching staff on the injured list. But manager Alex Cora was optimistic that the rotation could get some reinforcements as early as next week. Cora said he had a couple dates in mind for Brayan Bello to return next week. Bello, who started the season on the injured list due to a shoulder strain, threw 4⅓ innings Wednesday for Double A Portland.